5,987,454 – Method and Apparatus for Selectively Augmenting Retrieved Text, Numbers, Maps, Charts, Still Pictures and/or Graphic

Broadly stated, the present invention encompasses a method of dynamically augmenting the contents of at least one file of information on a first network resource, said file of information having at least one link, said method comprising the steps of: creating at least one request corresponding to said at least one link; coupling at least one query argument with said at least one request; providing a database; sending said at least one request and said at least one query argument to said database; causing said database to search for at least one record that satisfies said at least one query argument; providing a display for viewing by a user; subdividing said display into a plurality of frames; displaying said at least one record that satisfies said at least one query argument in at least a first frame of said plurality of frames; and providing a series of graphic symbols in at least a second frame of said plurality of frames for enabling the user to select one of a plurality of databases.